Module 4 Learning Test

Question 1

UCS

Answer 1

environmental cue that naturally elicits an involuntary response ex in pavlovs dogs is food

Question 2

UCR

Answer 2

natural involuntary reaction the the UCS. ex in pavlovs dogs is salivation when seeing the food

Question 3

CS

Answer 3

formerly neutral cue that is paired with an UCS to eventually cause a CR. ex in pav. the bell

Question 4

CR

Answer 4

usually the same as the UCR,, it is the learned reaction to the CS,, ex is pav: salivation

Question 5

stimulus generalization

Answer 5

demonstrating the CR to new stimuli similiar to the original CS+ little albert begins to fear other furry fluffy things

Question 6

acquisition

Answer 6

the repeated pairing of the UCS and the CS

Question 7

stimulus discrimination

Answer 7

showing a CR only to an original CS and not to any new CS

Question 8

Seligman

Answer 8

believed that the some of out ancestors had ingrained fears that were conditioned and were then passed down from generation to generation

Question 9

counter conditioning

Answer 9

repairing of CS with a new UCS to reverse or alter the CR (Mary Cover Jones)

Question 10

Thorndikes law of effect:

Answer 10

when a behavior is followed by a desirable consequence the frequency of a behavior increases

Question 11

reinforcement

Answer 11

increases frequency of desirable behavior

Question 12

punishment

Answer 12

decreases the frequency of undesirable behavior

Question 13

positive punishment

Answer 13

adds something unpleasant to DISCOURAGE UDB

Question 14

negative punishment

Answer 14

removes something after UDB in order to DISCOUAGE future UDB

Question 15

positive reinforcement

Answer 15

adding something to ENCOURAGE DB

Question 16

Negative reinforcement

Answer 16

removes something to ENCOURAGE DB

Question 17

primary punishment

Answer 17

a punishment that will impact your survival

Question 18

secondary punishment

Answer 18

any type of consequence that you have to interpret

Question 19

shaping

Answer 19

(BF Skinner) rewarding successive approximation behaviors toward goal behaviors.

Question 20

chaining

Answer 20

linking a series of behaviors

Question 21

overjustification effect

Answer 21

likelihood of a DB decreasing when offered a reinforcement

Question 22

premack principle

Answer 22

a DB can be the reward

Question 23

habituation

Answer 23

overexposure decreases the likelihood of the behavior

Question 24

discriminitive stimulus

Answer 24

environmental cue that increase the liklihood of a conditioned behavior,, waiting till ur mom is in a good mood to ask to go out

Question 25

ratio

Answer 25

reward based on BEHAVIOR

Question 26

interval

Answer 26

reward based on TIME

Question 27

fixed

Answer 27

consistent and predictible

Question 28

variable

Answer 28

changing and unpredictable amount

Question 29

fixed ration

Answer 29

reward is recieved after consistent number of behaviors: bonuses for workers after an amount of items sold
high respnse rate but not the highest

Question 30

fixed interval

Answer 30

reward recieved after consistent amount of time

ie) allowance,, lowest response rate

Question 31

variable ratio

Answer 31

reward received after changing number of behaviors ie) gambling
highest and most consistent response rate
most resistant to extinction

Question 32

variable interval

Answer 32

reward recieved after a varying amount of time
ie) pop quizzes and random bonuses
lower response rate

Question 33

token economy

Answer 33

fake money sorta as a reward

Question 34

social learning theory

Answer 34

behaviror is not consequencial or conditioned,, Behavior is based on overvation

Question 35

Bobo doll study ( Bandura)

Answer 35

kids imitate the adults behavior towards the dolls

Question 36

latent learning

Answer 36

Latent learning is the subconscious retention of information without reinforcement or motivation